[Info-vax] Microsoft On ARM Failure (was Re: VSI licensing policy (again))

[Dave Froble]

On 9/23/2021 10:27 AM, chris wrote:
> On 09/23/21 12:41, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?=<lawrencedo99 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 11:55:56 PM UTC+12,
>>> dgso... at gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I guess Microsoft has the power to dictate requirements here ...
>>>
>>> To whom? Nobody else seems to be bothering with Windows-on-ARM.
>>
>> Just like they didn't bother with Windows on Alpha.
>> --scott
>
> Perhaps, but Arm has far more traction and installed base than Alpha
> ever had. It does need Microsoft to get serious about Arm on the desktop
> and in servers. The processors are already there, but mass adoption of
> arm and windows would upset the probably very cosy relationship with Intel.
>
> Can't see any reason for the delay otherwise. Arm is everywhere else...
>
> Chris
>

My question is, "why"?

x86 is cheap.
x86 is everywhere.

What reason would Microsoft have to look at anything else?

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